japanese catmint
Searching for "japanese catmint" in New Zealand? Whether you're looking for a lush perennial to brighten up your garden or hoping to attract bees and beneficial insects, Japanese catmint is a popular choice for gardeners who love beautiful, low-maintenance plants. While "japanese catmint" isn’t a widely recognised common name for a specific Nepeta species, many gardeners use this term to describe a variety of ornamental catmints known for their elegant foliage, long flowering season, and aromatic leaves. On this page, we’ll help you understand the features, benefits, and best uses for Japanese catmint, as well as introduce you to related catmint varieties perfect for Kiwi gardens.
Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium'
Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium' (Japanese Privet) is a hardy evergreen shrub admired for its rounded glossy green leaves and dense compact growth habit. This versatile plant is widely used in NZ gardens for hedging, screening, and formal planting where year round structure and privacy are desired. It responds well to trimming and forms a tidy attractive hedge with minimal effort. Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium' is easy to grow, tolerant of a range of conditions, and highly valued for its reliability, fast growth, and low maintenance nature.
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Acer palmatum Hanami Nishiki (Acer Hanami Nishiki)
Acer palmatum Hanami Nishiki is a stunning Japanese Maple due to its delicate foliage and small stature. Small and soft looking leaves emerge yellow-green in spring with reddish margins. They mature to a light green in summer before turning spectacular shades of yellow and orange in autumn before falling. It grows with a somewhat rounded shape to about 2.5 m tall and the same wide. Acer Hanami Nishiki makes for a magnificent specimen and is ideal for including in a mixed planting, planting to soften a bland wall, maintaining in a container or courtyard garden, planting to border an entrance, or for using anywhere the spectacular colours can be enjoyed.
